Maddalena
Maddalena is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Maddalena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maddalena is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Maddalena
American parents first put Maddalena on the record books as a baby girl name in 1916, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 35 Maddalenas were born — ranking #4,144 that year. About 28% of every Maddalena on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maddalena ranks #5,806 for baby girls with 21 births, gradually falling (-10%). All told, over 892 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Maddalena
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Maddalena. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Maddalena
Maddalena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 892 births in the dataset. Maddalena's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #3,400. Use the chart and map above to compare Maddalena's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.